Narrative Watch: Binance, Venus and the coming battle of CBDCs & non-sovereign fiat
The Breakdown19 Aug 2019

Narrative Watch: Binance, Venus and the coming battle of CBDCs & non-sovereign fiat

Binance blew open the doors on the global battle for stablecoin supremacy today when they announced Venus - a project that seems to combine some aspects of permissioned corporate chains with central bank digital currencies (aka convenient surveillance money). What does it mean for consumers? What does it mean for governments? What does it mean for Libra? Would you chose CZ or Zuck to make your digital currency? Dig in with this #NarrativeWatch. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/nathanielwhittemorecrypto

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